I'm giving up heat styling, who's with me?

[smilingface]

I do that now. I only blowdry my bangs and let the rest air dry. My hair is much healthier. I also wash my hair at night now. I have wavy hair and I put a little gel in it after I wash it and air dry it. In the morning I have nice waves. I also sleep on a satin pillowcase which helps with frizz.

 

[Artisticchik]

I am SO with you here.

For years I bleached, colored, fried with heat styling irons, blowdried, product whore....you name it!

After Gastric Bypass and I went through the hair loss stage, my hair was so baby fine to start with that I had to wear wigs because my scalp showed badly. I resembled a cancer patient undergoing chemo therapy. I finally just took a HUGE plunge and shaved my head. So I was GI Jane for a while and just wore wigs or tied scarves around my head when I went into public.

Now that my hair has grown out a little and I don't HAVE to wear wigs, I love adore my natural hair color. It had been so long since I had seen it, I had forgotten how gorgeous it was. So what seemed to be a traumatizing event with the hairloss, actually turned out to be a good thing that is freeing me from coloring, heat styling, perming ALL OF IT forever.

Now I shampoo, condition and let air dry and get my trims every 4-6 weeks and let my hair grow long and silky.

Thank God for wigs because while I don't HAVE to wear them now, my hair is going through that stupid length stage where It looks horrible and I refuse to submit and cut it into a style while I am trying to grow it out. So when there are times that I want to look nice for something I just throw a wig on my head. I will be through this ugly duckling stage before I know it and I will thank myself for it later.

This is seriously a test of patience versus my sheer will and stubborness to want to have long silky hair that is to be envied. I WILL PREVAIL!

 

[laura112]

ArtisticChick you so have the right attitude, I don't know if I could have coped the way you have.

A while back I decided to just straighten my hair on w/es but it is so hard I love my hair straight.

 

[xkatiex]

I gave up my straighteners and blowdryer about 6 months ago, I have fine hair and it just was so damaged... now I let it air dry... it is much better. x

 

[Dubsbelle]

UGH! I *WISH*.

I could never depart with my beloved diffuser. My waves/curls could never dry on their own nor would they ever be springy.

If it helps, I *SWORE* off my CHI forever!! Woohoo! No more straightening my locks!!

I wish you luck /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 

[selene]

I gave up heat styling long ago. I only do it every once in a blue moon. People will tell me I have gorgeous hair, and a beautiful hair color (I don't dye my hair). When I go into a salon for a haircut, most everyone else around me is getting a color job done (ok, that is going a bit OT here... /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />).

PS I do not prompt for compliments, either. /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

Anyway, "cheers" to no heat styling! :laughing:

 

[LovesJim]

Yay for no heat styling! I have curly hair, so I try to stay away from anything that causes frizz. Your hair will be much better off for it.

 

[pinkbundles]

i'd love to say yes, but i just can't!

 

[NatalieRose]

i haven't used a blowfryer/straightener in about 4 years. my hair likes it better that way /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 

[MacForMe]

I'm on it with ya.. Right now I'm sitting with OJON in my hair.. its been in there for FOUR hours.. yea.. i know..

 

[Porpoise]

I wish I could, but with naturally thick curly hair that takes forever to dry, I have to have my diffuser. However, I don't diffuse as nearly as much as I used to . I do air dry when I am going to be home all day. But still I need the diffuser when I am leaving the house. I can't go out with wet hair.

 

[KrazyPhish]

Well, since creating this thread I blow I have blow dried once -it looked terrible because I put too much product in it, so I end up putting it in a bun any way /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />.

My hair is SO fine and SO dry. My regrowth are so soft and shiny and just as well for me my dye isn't too different to my natural colour, I'm determind to grow out all the dye and give up heat styling for ever!

 

[rejectstar]

I've recently decided to try and give up the hairdryer and to grow out my coloured hair. I haven't seen my natural colour in 3 or 4 years, and I'm curious to know if it's changed since then. LOL.

My hair is very fine and pretty thin, so all the colouring's really taken a toll on it, and it gets all split and frizzy so easily now. I'm wanting to grow out my natural hair, in hopes that I'll be able to keep it healthier, and possibly grow it long. Good luck to all of us-- haha.

 

[misschlojo]

i would love to give up my straightning habits as i use my GHD's every day pretty much but if i leave my hair to air dry it just looks fuzzy and disgusting because my hair has no natural wave, it is just.. hideous!!

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